Yi Wenjun 11

Because the people of Beyond the Heavens were living much better lives, hardly anyone still thought about the Northern Que of old or was willing to act alongside Yueqing.

With no other choice, Yueqing finally set her sights on the Marquis of the West's Residence. She thought she might use her elder sister's connections to persuade the residence to rebel instead.

Naturally, she was firmly rebuffed and driven out of Qiandong City.

But Yueqing refused to give up. If they would not rebel, she would force them to. Scheming and underhanded plots were what she did best, after all.

When Yueqing began using her connections in Heavenly Revelations to frame the Marquis of the West's Residence, Yi Wenjun, whose informants were spread throughout the city, naturally learned of it. For the sake of her childhood friendship with Baili Dongjun, she sent him a letter explaining the situation.

Baili Dongjun was naturally furious. Yueqing was after the lives of his entire family. Naturally, he would show her no mercy. When Yue Yao, who was at Baili Dongjun's side, learned of it, she knew her younger sister was outrageously in the wrong, but she could not stand by and watch her die.

So in the end, she arranged for Baili Dongjun to kill her by mistake. With that guilt weighing on him, at the very least, he would not kill Yueqing.

In the end, Ye Dingzhi came personally and took Yueqing away, imprisoning her in the dungeon of Beyond the Heavens for the rest of her life.

After this, Baili Dongjun, too, sank into despair. On one hand, he felt that by failing to kill Yueqing, he had wronged the family who had cherished him since childhood. On the other, he could not escape the guilt of having killed the person he loved most with his own hands.

So Yi Wenjun felt that the one who loved more deeply would lose. Because Yue Yao had someone she cared for and cherished more, she could harden her heart and use her life to scheme against the man she loved, leaving him without a smile for the rest of his life.

After seeing Baili Dongjun, Yi Wenjun went to Muliang City, where she visited Luo Qingyang, who had shut himself inside the city to practice his sword. Luo Qingyang's sword was the Desolate Sword. All his life, he had had no father, no mother, and no family. The people closest to him were his master, Yi Bu, and his junior sister, Yi Wenjun.

But his master, Yi Bu, had decided to sacrifice his junior sister for the sake of the Shadow Sect, and he had become an accomplice under his master's orders. His junior sister, driven to demonic deviation by this hopeless fate, had killed her father with her own hands and married a man she did not love.

Yes, although Yi Wenjun had never admitted it, after Luo Qingyang inherited the Shadow Sect and witnessed how formidable his junior sister's martial arts were, he had his suspicions about why his Yushi had died so conveniently.

Under those circumstances, his heart was naturally desolate. Now that he had seen Yi Wenjun and found that Xiao Ruofeng's death had not affected her, he was reassured.

This time, Yi Wenjun did not conceal her strength. She exchanged sword moves with Luo Qingyang, hoping to help him advance another level.

During her time in Muliang City, she also hinted that she was very fond of her life as it was, that Luo Qingyang would always be her senior brother, and that Ye Dingzhi was only her friend now.

After spending several days in Muliang City, Yi Wenjun went to Beyond the Heavens and visited Ye Dingzhi.

Ye Dingzhi had never married. He had only taken in a disciple and named him Ye Anshi. His disciple was exceptionally talented, no less so than Xiao Chuhe had been, and so Ye Dingzhi taught him with great care. Most of his time and effort now went to his disciple.

The moment he saw Yi Wenjun as she was now, he knew there was no future for the two of them. And Ye Dingzhi, having entered the Ghost Immortal Realm, was the quickest to sense that Yi Wenjun had already reached the Mystic Spirit Wandering Realm.

He smiled, his heart at ease. This was good too. Now, neither he nor Wenjun would be schemed against and used by others.

The two smiled at each other, and everything they had to say was contained in that smile.

During her stay at Beyond the Heavens, Yi Wenjun also gave Ye Anshi some guidance for Ye Dingzhi's sake. But since Yi Wenjun herself now cultivated a Devil Cultivation Method, she naturally discovered that Ye Anshi possessed a Devil Heart. That was also why he learned Ye Dingzhi's martial arts so quickly.

Yi Wenjun therefore advised Ye Dingzhi that it would be best for Ye Anshi to study some Daoist scriptures or Buddhist teachings, lest he be corrupted by his Devil Heart. After all, in the whole world, only Ye Dingzhi and the counterfeit Yi Wenjun could retain their reason after demonic deviation, as Ye Dingzhi had.

Ye Dingzhi trusted Yi Wenjun's words, and he himself had also sensed it faintly. So in the end, he wrote a letter and entrusted Yi Wenjun to take it and Ye Anshi to Master Wangyou, his friend despite their difference in age.

Yi Wenjun agreed to Ye Dingzhi's request. She had heard that Master Wangyou's Buddhist cultivation was profound and that he had also entered the Mystic Spirit Wandering Realm. She had wanted to test whether her Devil Cultivation Method would be countered.

So after spending a few days at Beyond the Heavens, Yi Wenjun set off for Hanshan Temple in Gusu, taking Ye Dingzhi's letter and Ye Anshi with her.

The journey was far from dull. Although Ye Anshi possessed a Devil Heart, he was perceptive and a little mischievous, so the trip was lively.

The two soon arrived at Hanshan Temple. Yi Wenjun gave Ye Dingzhi's letter to Master Wangyou, then asked to spar with him.

Unfortunately, Master Wangyou was an enlightened monk who never fought with others. After discussing it, the two agreed that he would receive three moves from Yi Wenjun.

This time, Yi Wenjun did not use her curved blade. She gathered Heavenly Devil force in her palm and struck Master Wangyou's Body-Protecting Vajra Shield. At fifty percent of her internal force, there was no reaction; at eighty percent, cracks appeared in the shield. Finally, a palm strike with all her strength shattered the Body-Protecting Vajra Shield, and the remaining force of her palm sent Master Wangyou staggering back several steps.

"Amitabha!" Master Wangyou chanted. "Though you have succumbed to demonic deviation, benefactor, you have held true to your original heart. This old monk admires you."

Though Master Wangyou appeared composed, he had been greatly affected. After all, Yi Wenjun's Heavenly Devil Qi was far more formidable than the Heavenly Devil's Allure. The devil Qi carried by a mere trace of her palm force had stirred his thoughts into turmoil, robbing him of his peace.

Yi Wenjun smiled as well. "Master, your reputation is well deserved."

After Master Wangyou took Ye Anshi under his wing as an outer disciple, Yi Wenjun left Gusu and continued her travels.

The peaceful, leisurely days drifted by as Yi Wenjun traveled the martial world from time to time, recruited informants wherever she went, and collected medicinal herbs and supplies to store in the Chaos Pearl.

Four years later, Master Wangyou suddenly passed away in meditation. After Ye Dingzhi, sect master of Beyond the Heavens, and Yi Wenjun, Princess Consort of Prince Langya, both went to Hanshan Temple to pay their respects, waves rose once more in the martial world.

Just when Yi Wenjun thought those waves should have nothing to do with her, Emperor Mingde's seventh son, Xiao Yu, the Scarlet Prince, sought her out, hoping to join forces with her to seize the throne.

Yi Wenjun thought about the relationship between Jinxuan and Xiao Yu, and it was no longer surprising that Xiao Yu had come to her.

Apart from Xiao Chuhe, Jinxuan, as Emperor Mingde's trusted confidant, was likely the person who knew the most about the forces behind Yi Wenjun.

Leaving aside the Shadow Sect, which was known to all, some of the former elites of the Dark River, led by Su Changhe and Su Muyu, also served Yi Wenjun now. And given how wary Emperor Mingde was of Yi Wenjun, they had likely investigated these forces down to the last detail.

There was also Yi Wenjun's status as Princess Consort of Prince Langya. Even though she had stood by and let Xiao Ruofeng die, her status and her son Xiao Lingchen meant that, if she wished, she could still call upon many of Prince Langya's former followers.

That was without mentioning Yi Wenjun herself, who had reached at least Half-Step Divine Wandering. Moreover, both Luo Qingyang, the Lone Sword Immortal, and Ye Dingzhi, sect master of Beyond the Heavens, were very close to her.

Yi Wenjun thought it over. So her forces had already grown this powerful. Emperor Mingde had actually refrained from sending someone to assassinate her. He had shown quite some restraint.